Clara Iannotta
Composition Tutor
Born in 1983 in Rome. Clara Iannotta is an Italian composer and curator based in Berlin.
Her music is commissioned and performed by renowned ensembles, soloists and orchestras, including Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Arditti Quartet, Quatuor Diotima, Ensemble Intercontemporain, JACK Quartet, Klangforum Wien, NIKEL and numerous international orchestras.
Iannotta has been a fellow of the Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD in 2013, Villa Médicis (Académie de France à Rome) in 2018–19 and the recipient of several prizes including the Ernst von Siemens Composers’ Prize 2018, Hindemith-Preis 2018, Una Vita nella Musica Giovani 2019, Premio Abbiati 2021. Her three portrait albums “A Failed Entertainment” (Edition RZ), Earthing (WERGO) and “Moult” (Kairos) were all awarded a place on the Bestenliste der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics’ Award). She is a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.
Iannotta is professor in composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts (mdw) in Vienna, and served as the artistic director of the Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik from 2014 to 2024. Currently, she is a member of the Kuratorium of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, and starting from 2025 she will be the artistic director for music programming of the Festival d’Automne à Paris.
In 2025, Clara Iannotta will be a tutor at the Darmstadt Summer Course for the third time.